UCSD competition 2008 Results

[pjk]

Leyan Lo won the UCSD competition 2008 with an average of 13.92 seconds. Phillip Espinoza finished second (14.64) and Dan Dzoan finished third (14.75).
World records: Ryan Patricio 3x3 one-handed 20.66 (average).

Full results here.

Congrats Ryan on the WR.

 

[Dene]

Wow, Ryan is amazing. Good luck to all you OH's out there, sub-20 is in your sites!

 

[Pedro]

wow...they keep getting faster and faster...need to work a lot more if I want to have a chance (best avg of 12 is 22.29...but usually 23-24 avg)

 

[tim]

wow, the bld results are crazy . 3 people within 2 seconds.

 

[alexc]

Wow, OH average is broken so often.

 

[Mike Hughey]

wow, the bld results are crazy . 3 people within 2 seconds.

Yeah, 2 seconds was particularly close, but those California BLDers all seem to bunch up together pretty close in every competition they go to. Shelley has finally caught up to the others, and Dan is getting close now.

I need to work more on my 3x3x3 BLD. They're embarrassing me over on Ryan Heise's competitions now. I've been in dead last place the last four weeks in a row.

 

[Lotsofsloths]

Mike, care to tell us your average of the 3x3 BLD?
I'm working on my first successful solve and might need some personal help. If you can hook me with someone who explains thing well, I would greatly appreciate it !!

 

[ExoCorsair]

I need to work more on my 3x3x3 BLD. They're embarrassing me over on Ryan Heise's competitions now. I've been in dead last place the last four weeks in a row.

Are you sure you should be spending time on the Heise sim instead of the actual cube?

 

[watermelon]

I need to work more on my 3x3x3 BLD. They're embarrassing me over on Ryan Heise's competitions now. I've been in dead last place the last four weeks in a row.

Are you sure you should be spending time on the Heise sim instead of the actual cube?

Perhaps he was referring to this?

 

[Dene]

Mike, care to tell us your average of the 3x3 BLD?
I'm working on my first successful solve and might need some personal help. If you can hook me with someone who explains thing well, I would greatly appreciate it !!

I recommend chatting to Joel! I don't know how you could manage that, he used to be on stickam a lot, but I don't think many people go on anymore these days...

 

[hdskull]

Oh crap, I've forgotten to enter the heise comp and practice BLD for way too long, lol.

 

[Mike Hughey]

I need to work more on my 3x3x3 BLD. They're embarrassing me over on Ryan Heise's competitions now. I've been in dead last place the last four weeks in a row.

Are you sure you should be spending time on the Heise sim instead of the actual cube?

Perhaps he was referring to this?

I was. I've actually not spent time on the Heise sim (other than a couple of quick pathetic tries) - I'd rather use a real cube. The sim is really nice, but I'd just rather use a real cube.

As for my average, it's pretty weak - my best average of 10 is just 3:45, but I typically get around 3:20 these days. Typical memorization for me is about 1 minute, so most of my time is spent in the solving phase.

 

[Lotsofsloths]

My execution is almost lightning fast(for corners, cannot solve edges yet), but the memo kills me, because I use numbers for corners.

 

[Mike Hughey]

My execution is almost lightning fast(for corners, cannot solve edges yet), but the memo kills me, because I use numbers for corners.

I still use numbers for corners; there are only 8 corners - how bad can memorizing 8 digits be? It usually takes me 10 to 15 seconds to fully memorize the corner permutation. Or maybe you're trying to do orientation and permutation in one step, in which case I'd recommend letters instead of numbers.

 

[Lotsofsloths]

My execution is almost lightning fast(for corners, cannot solve edges yet), but the memo kills me, because I use numbers for corners.

I still use numbers for corners; there are only 8 corners - how bad can memorizing 8 digits be? It usually takes me 10 to 15 seconds to fully memorize the corner permutation. Or maybe you're trying to do orientation and permutation in one step, in which case I'd recommend letters instead of numbers.

No, just 8 numbers..
But replacing the corner if it solves it self(which almost always happens to me at least twice!) really kills me.
I'm not good with random strings of numbers, just letters.

 

[Mike Hughey]

No, just 8 numbers..
But replacing the corner if it solves it self(which almost always happens to me at least twice!) really kills me.
I'm not good with random strings of numbers, just letters.

Oh, yeah, that's the problem with always using the same buffer location. Except when I'm trying to use Chris Hardwick's method with commutators, I use Macky's method, and you don't bother with fixed buffer locations with Macky's method, so you don't have to worry about replacing the corner when it solves.

I can see where that bothers you.

If you're good with letters but bad with numbers, why not just use letters A to H for your corners instead of numbers? Actually, for multi-BLD using Macky's method, I've been using A-L for edges and M-T for corners, and that has worked pretty well for me.

 

[Lotsofsloths]

I bet I can do that.
The problem is finding a method >.<

 

[hdskull]

My execution is almost lightning fast(for corners, cannot solve edges yet), but the memo kills me, because I use numbers for corners.

If you can memorize everything in 2:00 which is not that hard, and execute in 30 secs, that's still pretty fast.

 

[malcolm]

Execute in 30s? Its easier for me to memo in 30 secs and execute in 2:00...

 

[Dene]

Lol, I memo 4 minutes, execute 2 . Although, I got a 4:40 yesterday!! WOOOO